From Concepción to the "Twin Craters", and beyond... |
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From Concepción to the "Twin Craters", and beyond... |
 Mar 12 2010, 06:32 PM
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Low temp stopping the PANCAM filter wheel from rotating fully so the frame of the filter wheel was visible is all i can remember. I think you even interviewed Jim Bell about it:
http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/ma...vers/audio.html Rover Audio Update, April 27, 2006 Pancam Update with Jim Bell MP3 format (running time 28:27) Doug Ellison, the host of the online forum unmannedspaceflight.com, interviews Pancam Payload Element Lead Jim Bell about: * Low Ridge Haven: Pre-planning for Spirit's long winter stay * Victoria Crater just on the horizon * Tilt or Latitude for extra power * Coping with streaks and noise in images * Taking pictures in the cold: stuck filter wheel * Albedo and photometry: ground truthing orbital observations |
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Mar 12 2010, 07:20 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Outcrop up ahead... our next stop?
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Mar 12 2010, 07:41 PM
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Keep it quiet Stu...maybe they won't notice it...
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Mar 12 2010, 07:58 PM
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Now, now, Rui!
 The purpose of a journey is not to reach a destination, it is to experience the trip itself...
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 12 2010, 09:25 PM
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QUOTE Outcrop up ahead... If not a stop, at least a look.We saw many "fracture fills" at Concepcion. This bluff or step may be the surface expression of a fracture or an "Anatolia feature" and remember that some of the Anatolia features trend NW-SW, so this will put it well in line with fractures in the Concepcion area. Not proposing a full-blown science stop, but hoping that we won't breeze right by the outcrop. As far as I can tell, it's right on the projected path (I think... I can't get used to the drive path cutting across ripples). --Bill -------------------- |
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Mar 12 2010, 11:36 PM
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I'm a little apprehensive about posting this given the skill level here, but here is my first attempt at an anaglyph using the March 12 navcam images. I suppose this location is a lot like many others, but "standing here" gives me a sense of relaxation.
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Mar 13 2010, 02:49 AM
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QUOTE (Beauford @ Mar 12 2010, 03:36 PM)  I'm a little apprehensive about posting this given the skill level here, but here is my first attempt at an anaglyph using the March 12 navcam images. I suppose this location is a lot like many others, but "standing here" gives me a sense of relaxation. The left and right eyes are reversed, had to flip my glasses to make it work! |
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Mar 13 2010, 03:54 AM
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QUOTE (Beauford @ Mar 12 2010, 06:36 PM) I'm a little apprehensive about posting this given the skill level here... No worries. That's what we do here, learn and post. Welcome to the forum. -------------------- -- Robin
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Mar 13 2010, 02:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4517 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"Now, now, Rui! The purpose of a journey is not to reach a destination, it is to experience the trip itself... "
Hey, it's a Luno-KHOD, not a Luno-STOP! Oh, sorry, wrong world. But right sentiment! Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Mar 13 2010, 03:51 PM
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Phil I think Rui's point in moving on is just that, moving on. As soon as we get to Endeavor he'll be dreaming about Bopolu Crater.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 13 2010, 11:29 PM
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you're even shortsighted, Dan
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Mar 14 2010, 10:02 AM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 12 2010, 08:41 PM) Keep it quiet Stu...maybe they won't notice it... They didn't. :-P We're already past it after the last move. |
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Mar 14 2010, 10:11 AM
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Huh. I'm actually a bit surprised.
On the other hand, the team may have determined that when you've seen one outcrop of Meridiani bedrock (in Oppy's current region anyhow), you've seen them all. They know there's mineralogically different terrain ahead. The chance to directly examine phyllosilicates might just start trumping stops for anything that's not obviously & radically unusual... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 14 2010, 06:08 PM
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True, and looking at this area again, the outcrop may be on the rim of a buried eroded crater. "Nothing to see folks, move along..."
As far as I can see the next important stop will be Twin Crater, a major "road cut" on the route. Then things may get interesting-- we get off of the aeolian peneplain we've been on forever and start going downslope. The distant vista will improve and we might start to get lower in the geologic section. --Bill -------------------- |
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Mar 14 2010, 11:16 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 14 2010, 05:11 AM) Huh. I'm actually a bit surprised. On the other hand, the team may have determined that when you've seen one outcrop of Meridiani bedrock (in Oppy's current region anyhow), you've seen them all. They know there's mineralogically different terrain ahead. The chance to directly examine phyllosilicates might just start trumping stops for anything that's not obviously & radically unusual... I have to agree here. Personally I am eager to get to some new geology. Tough, though, when almost every rock and cobble looks so inviting. Wouldn't we all love to pick up some of these, crumble Mars between our fingers. Sigh! Craig |
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